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patriarchial

patriarchial adjective: characteristic of or pertaining to a patriarchy.

Adjective

patriarchial (comparative more patriarchial, superlative most patriarchial)

  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to a patriarchy.

Forms of patriarchial

comparativemore patriarchial
superlativemost patriarchial
alternative formpatriarchal

Origin of patriarchial

From patriarchy + -al.

Words formed from patriarchial

Questions about patriarchial

What does patriarchial mean?
Patriarchial means characteristic of or pertaining to a patriarchy.
What part of speech is patriarchial?
Patriarchial is an adjective.

Words near patriarchial in the dictionary

  1. patriarchdom
  2. patriarchdoms
  3. patriarched
  4. patriarchess
  5. patriarchesses
  6. patriarchial
  7. patriarchialism
  8. patriarchic
  9. patriarchical
  10. patriarchically
  11. patriarchies

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